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JK Tyre is infusing a total investment of INR 2,200 crore to strengthen its position in the competitive Indian market.  The investment of INR 1,400 crore is going to be utilised in both PCR and TBR segments to boost its capacity to approximately 20% and escalate exports by 2027 Currently, the homegrown tyremaker’s total capacity is nearly 34 million units of tyres per annum, out of which PCR is about 15 million, TBR 4 million and the balance comprises Truck Bus Bias (TBB), two/three wheelers, etc Singhania said the company will deploy around Rs 1,000 crore in expanding its PCR capacity while another Rs 380-390 crore will be spent on ramping up the output of OTR (Off The Road) and TBRs.  When asked if the company will also be spending on building capacities for  Electric Vehicle (EV) tyres, Singhania noted, “We are constantly upgrading our equipment wherever required and there is no separate investment being made or earmarked for EVs.  We are already supplying EV tyre...

  ADANI ENTERPRISES: Adani Defence Systems and Technologies  Adani Defence Systems and Technologies Ltd (ADSTL) first private sector company to have set up an end-to-end development and manufacturing ecosystem of small arms, including assault rifles, light machine guns, sniper rifles, carbines and pistols and is the only Indian private sector company supplying small arms to security forces. It maintains its focus on defence modernisation and indigenous manufacturing, with an increased allocation of ` 6.2 lakh crore for the defence sector. In line with Atmanirbhar Bharat and keeping geopolitical factors in mind, the Government has mandated a minimum of 68% of defence purchases to be done from Indian companies fiscal 2022 onwards Historically, over the past 70 years, India has heavily relied on global OEMs from US, France, Israel, Russia, etc. for the procurement of defence equipment and technologies. The Adani Ammunition Complex and Adani Missiles Complex are first of their kin...

  Reliance 's first New Energy Gigafactory to start making solar modules by 2024-end RIL anticipates that the green power segment will become a key growth driver, potentially surpassing other business sectors over the next 5 to 7 years.  Additionally, RIL plans to develop a local supply chain to enhance self-sufficiency and reduce dependence on imports. Prakash Diwan, Market Expert, said the new energy business is extremely exciting in terms of where it's positioned. He said the statement made during the AGM clearly indicated that value creation will begin by the end of the year. The Gigafactory is part of RIL's broader commitment to sustainability and clean energy. The company said it is expanding its portfolio to include a comprehensive range of renewable solutions, encompassing solar energy, energy storage systems, green hydrogen, bio-energy, and wind energy. "With a comprehensive range of renewable solutions including solar, energy storage systems, green hydrogen, ...

  Skipper  Profit After Tax 81% Growth in H1   Skipper  Limited achieved its best-ever second-quarter revenue, driven by strong execution in the Engineering and Infrastructure business segments.  Consolidated EBITDA margins rose to 10.1%, up from 9.5% in the same quarter last year.      Skipper  Limited established in 1981 is one of the leading companies in the Power Transmission & Distribution and the Polymer segment.  With over 42+ years of domain knowledge it is largest in India and tenth globally basis the manufacturing capacity.  Skipper  differentiates its offerings with high quality but cost effective solution for infrastructure providers and telecom operators.  Its international footprint spans across continents such as Latin America, Europe, and Africa and is spread across 50+ countries with presence across sub-segments such as Towers, EPC, Monopoles, Poles and Railway Electrification Structures....

  Ambani's gameplan for JFSL? # Jio   Financial  Services (JFSL) Following a demerger from incubator RIL,  Jio   Financial  Services (JFSL) has already occupied the No.2 slot in the list of India's largest NBFCs by market capitalisation at Rs 1.66 lakh crore Earlier in June, global brokerage firm Macquarie had downgraded Paytm and cited JFSL's entry as one of the threats to its business JFSL's entry is being seen as a threat not only to the market leader Bajaj  Finance  but also to fintechs like Paytm Reliance has always performed with big numbers and big rollout plans, so I am sure the plan is big," said Sushil Choksey of Indus Equity Advisors As RIL has AAA rating from credit agencies In India, JFSL will draw the same rating from the group strength.  It should enable JFSL to borrow funds at low cost and compete with banks, NBFCs and fintechs in retail space, according to analysts There are 219mn total live customers in the bureau vis a vis...

  Jio   Financial  and Blackrock JV: Will Eat everyone in Fintech space Jio   Financial  and Blackrock form JV to set up wealth management and broking business Jio   Financial  Services said that it had entered into a new joint venture (JV) with U.S.-based BlackRock Inc to set up a wealth management and broking business in India less than a year after launching an asset management venture.\ Jio   Financial  Service said the JV aims to tap into India's increasingly lucrative wealth business and will include the incorporation of a wealth management firm and, subsequently, incorporation of a brokerage company. India's wealth managers look after $1-1.2 trillion of  financial  assets owned by the country's high net-worth individuals, as per a recent Jefferies report Jio   Financial  Services joint venture with BlackRock is "progressing well" with the recruitment of a leadership team and infrastructure set up as the company awai...

  Jio   Financial  Services:  JIO  INSURANCE BROKING LIMITED Direct-to-Customer product portfolio of 24 plans across 4 product categories (Auto, Two-wheeler, Health and Life)  New partnerships for Auto and Two-wheeler Insurance  Extended Warranty for consumer durables and devices  Growth momentum in Institutional channel continues with new client acquisition  Launched Employee Benefit portal for Institutional clients  Institutional product suite includes Group Term Life, Group Medical Cover, Group Personal Accident and Commercial Insurance   

GODREJ INDUSTRIES: manufacturer of Oleo-Chemicals, Surfactants and Derivatives of Oleo-Chemical ·           Fatty Acids o     Fatty Acid portfolio has Palm fatty acid based products and Rapeseed oil based products. o     Palm fatty acid based products are mainly used in  Tyre  industry and FMCG sector. o     Rapeseed oil based products are mainly used as ingredient for specialty chemicals and also in Oil and Gas Industry. o     The Fatty Acid portfolio accounts for 42% of turnover of the division ·           Fatty Alcohol o     Fatty Alcohol portfolio has mix of mid chain Alcohol and Long chain alcohol. o     Fatty alcohol contributes to 32% of the turnover of the division ·           Surfactants: o     The products are mainly used in Deterg...

Gandhar Oil Refinery:  ₹1,000 Crores expansion plan Gandhar Oil Refinery entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (“JNPA”) on April 21, 2025 to participate at Vadhvan Port for Development of Terminal for handling of Containers, Bulk & Liquid cargo and create infrastructure to facilitate Marine Services, Intermodal Connectivity, ensuring sustainability of an overall ecosystem by providing digital solutions, robust IT infrastructure and undertake manpower training and skill development.  The estimated investment for this project will be approximately ₹1,000 Crores and the project is expected to commence in the year 2030.    Largest Manufacturer of White Oils in India   Caters to leading Indian and global companies including Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Marico, Dabur, Emami, Bajaj Consumer Care, Amrutanjan, Encube etc. Operates 3 strategically located manufacturing facilities in Taloja (Maharashtra),...

  CEAT Pledges Rs 2,800 Crore Investment In The Next 5 Years One of the leading tyre manufacturers serving the Indian market, CEAT (flagship of RPG Enterprises) has announced its commitment to invest Rs 2,800 crore over the period of next 5 years to boost tyre production . According to officials, after this development, the overall yearly capacity of CEAT will become 1 million tyres for truck bus radials, 6 million tyres for cars and 17 million tyres for two wheelers. Anant Goenka, MD, CEAT, said this will help the company grow fast in their focus segments; two-wheelers and passenger car tyres segment. They will also increase the production of truck bus radial tyres to maintain their market share in coming future. The amount will be made available through both the equity and debt. The plans to enhance its tyre making capacity by investing this amount in various manufacturing facilities across India to meet the demand of tyres for bus, truck, cars, scooters, etc.

Tejas Networks: Export theme Commissioning of FibreConnect’s optical network in Italy FibreConnect, an innovative wholesale telecom infrastructure developer in Italy, successfully launched its broadband services in the country using Tejas’s state-of-the-art telecom and networking products. Tejas is the sole supplier of optical networking and broadband access products for FibreConnect's country-wide FTTP (fiber-to-the-premise) rollout, ranging from DWDM/PTN/OTN for Core to xPON and Ethernet for Access. Strategic Partnership with Telecom Egypt Tejas signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Telecom Egypt (TE), ITIDA (Information Technology Industry Development Agency) and NTI (National Telecom Institute) to replicate its experience of implementing Bharatnet (Rural Broadband Project) and NKN (National Knowledge Network) projects in Egypt. Other broad areas of cooperation include capacity building of Egyptian engineers and technicians on state-of-the-art telecom and networking te...

  Tejas   Networks  wins Rs. 7,492 crore order for BSNL’s PanIndia 4G/5G  network Tejas   Networks  announced that it has executed a Master Contract for supply, support and annual maintenance services of its Radio Access  Network  (the “RAN”) equipment for BSNL’s Pan-India 4G/5G  network , with Tata Consultancy Services   As a part of this contract, the Company received a Purchase Order from TCS for Rs 7,492 crore to supply its latest 4G/5G RAN equipment for approximately 100,000 sites, which will be executed during the calendar years 2023 and 2024. The company won this order after successfully completing extensive trials as part of a consortium led by TCS.  Mr. Anand Athreya, CEO and Managing Director of  Tejas   Networks  said, “We are delighted to be selected as the sole supplier of 4G/5G RAN equipment for one of the largest mobile  networks  in the world. Our cutting-edge portfolio of baseband and r...

Tejas Networks : Technology Collaboration Agreements with NEC Corporation, Japan   The Company has entered into Technology Collaboration Agreements with NEC Corporation, Japan (“NEC”).   Technology collaboration agreements for advanced RAN and core products    Collaboration for the development of advanced wireless technologies for the global telecom industry.    The broad terms of the agreements are as under: NEC and Tejas will collaborate, leverage their respective expertise in development of standards and advanced networking solutions for 5G and beyond. As part of this collaboration, NEC has agreed to license their field proven Massive MIMO Radio, and 4G/5G converged core technology to Tejas. Tejas and NEC also intend to harness the potential of advanced telecom technologies globally.   NEC has been designing and manufacturing wireless products for its customers in Japan and other parts of the world.  Its Massive MIMO radio and co...

  JSW Infrastructure: ~2.4x increase in overall capacity by 2030 2030 Road Map for Growth and Value Creation: ~2.4x increase in overall capacity Navkar Corporation Land Bank Owned 283 Acres Privatisation Bids — Balancing sustained growth Leveraging Balance Sheet for other inorganic growth opportunities Value accretive acquisitions of port-related logistics infrastructure JSW Infra has sufficient cash flows to fund future expansion: JSW Infra Joint MD & CEO Arun Maheshwari Thermal energy consumption in India will peak by 2050, despite the push for green energy. This leaves a good two to three decades for coal demand to grow in India The way India is growing and offering opportunities for growth is amazing. I think we are well positioned in this sector in the country. Our internal cash generation is also quite strong. The kinds of projects we are taking on and what we envisage as our future strategy will be sufficiently covered by our internal cash flows and the money that we are...

  SYRMA : Profit after Tax up by 48% YoY Performance for the Year ended 31st March, 2025 The company for the year ended 31 st March, 2025, reported a consolidated total revenue of ₹ 38,361 mn, up by 19% YoY, as compared to ₹ 32,124 mn for the corresponding period ended 31 st March, 2024, primarily driven by Auto and Industrials segments.  The Consolidated EBITDA was up by 43% YoY to ₹ 3,727 mn as against ₹ 2,606, mn for the corresponding period of the previous year.  Profit after Tax was ₹ 1,845 mn, up by 48% YoY as compared to ₹ 1,243 mn last year.     New customer engagements in large format Box build business, in Industrial and Railway business verticals. Established a dedicated MedTech Design Centre in Pune to accelerate healthcare innovations.  Commissioned the Pune Mega Facility (26.5-acre campus) with 1.2 Mn sq. ft. potential manufacturing space  Expanded global reach through a new design and prototype facility in Stuttgart, Germany  ...

  Syrma SGS Technology FY25 PAT: ₹1,845 Mn +48% YoY PAT: ₹1,845 Mn +48% YoY, PAT margin at 4.8% Total Revenue: ₹38,361 Mn +19% YoY EBITDA: ₹3,727 Mn +43% YoY, EBIDTA margin at 9.7% ➢ 20+ New Customers onboarded during the Financial Year.  ➢ New customer engagements in large format Box build business, in Industrial and Railway business verticals.  ➢ Commissioned the Pune Mega Facility (26.5-acre campus) with 1.2 Mn sq. ft. potential manufacturing space  ➢ Expanded global reach through a new design and prototype facility in Stuttgart, Germany  ➢ Established a dedicated MedTech Design Centre in Pune to accelerate healthcare innovations. Attracting multinational customers by offering costeffective, reliable, and scalable manufacturing for global supply chains. Foraying into the telecom and networking products sector Streamlining the ecosystem of domestic manufacturing and sourcing Syrma  SGS Technologies : 10X revenue potential Total Revenue ₹ 32,124 Mn up by 5...

  Reliance to commission first solar giga-factory in FY25 Reliance  Industries Ltd,  India's most valuable company , plans to commission its first  solar giga-factory  in the current fiscal as it pivots a  green pathway  to achieve  net zero carbon emissions  from operations by 2035.  In its annual report, the firm said it is targeting to commission the first train of 20GW solar PV (photovoltaic)  manufacturing   by the end of 2024-25 fiscal (April 2024 to March 2025) and scale up to 20GW in a phased manner over 2026. The solar giga factory will include manufacturing of  PV modules , cells, wafers and ingots, polysilicon, and glass at a single location. The modules convert sunlight into electricity. It is also targeting industrialising  sodium-ion cell production  at the MW level in 2025 and first 50 MWh a year  lithium battery cells  pilot in 2026. Reliance had in 2021 announced plans to invest USD 10 ...

Titagarh  Rail Systems and ABB will work together to supply propulsion systems for metro projects in India ABB and  Titagarh  Rail Systems have formed a strategic partnership to supply propulsion systems for metro rolling stock projects in India. The partnership aligned with the Indian government’s “Make in India” and “Atmanirbhar Bharat” (self-reliant India) initiatives has already had an early success by winning orders to design and supply equipment for metro coaches for the state of Gujarat. Titagarh  specializes in the design, manufacture, supply, commissioning, and servicing of various passenger rolling stock and metro coaches for Indian and international markets Edgar Keller, President, Traction Business, ABB, said, “ABB is established as a leading global player in the design, manufacture, supply, and servicing of traction propulsion systems and TCMS. This strategic partnership with  Titagarh   provide  the strong foundation to enter and expand o...